Masteries

Ferocity:
0

Cunning:
18

Resolve:
12

Threats to Riven with this build

Nasus. I really don't need to explain why Riven counters him... Just e when he q's and DO NOT LET HIM FARM #########.

2

Yasuo

Yasuo is hardly countered by riven because yasuo has a lot of skill shots and riven can escape all of them with her q or e. Unless you don't ult from far away he wont be able to wind wall.

3

Illaoi

With the tentacles that take a few seconds to hit with a mark on the ground on where it will hit Riven can easily dodge them. If Riven pokes with a q, q, knock up and then e away before she reacts Riven won't take any damage.

4

Irelia

Riven is actually surprisingly good against Irealia because of the similarities in both of their kits.

5

Gangplank

He is probably the most annoying champion to face against because of his slows, damage and ranged pokes.
to counter him you need to predict where he will ult and put his barrels.

5

Jayce

Jayce is a poke champion that relies on skill shots and riven can dodge them with your q or e. The moment he jumps on you, you need to press e, which takes a bit of practice.

6

Akali

She is a good one shot- burst damage champion with no stun, so when Akali jumps on riven she can either e, w, or knock her up, and then doing the rest of the combo.

7

Ekko

Ekko is extremely hard to counter because of his slow, stun, mobility, damage and tankieness.

8

Teemo

Teemo is the most annoying champion to face as a Riven. To counter him you need to knock him up and the e into a bush so he doesn't aa or q you any more.

9

Garen

-Garen: Definitely a hard champion to counter as Riven. If you play safe, cs under tower, try not to get silenced and get a gank on Garen, you might get a kill on him. Gank tip: Garen has a lot of move speed so you need Garen to push either under tower or really far before your jungler comes to gank, also you need to synchronize with your jungler so you stun before he gets away.

10

Kennen

Kennen is a high damage cc champion which probably is the best champion to get against Riven. With the level 6 power spike he gets, Riven cant escape the ult.

Intro

Riven is a champion that can snowball very very hard but also if you don’t play well, and start the snowball you can fall very back. If that happens get cs and be very flexible on which lane you’re in.
Try to get as many kills you can in team fights. This builds masteries and runes are safe anyways, so if you build and play wisely you will be ahead.

Masteries

So, we want to make riven snowball, right? If so, we need early game power. So we will be taking Thunderlord’ s decree. The masteries go like this:
Take savagery to get cs a bit easier, then the secret stash to stay in lane longer, than the merciless because it makes no sense since meditation gives mana, after that get the dangerous game for missing health, and then intelligence for the cdr which is very important. Finish it of with the thunderlord’ s decree. When you’ve finished the cunning section go to the ferocity section and start with the sorcery, because you get your damage from your abilities, then the double edged sword since you’re already going to be tanky, then the vampirism for staying in lane even more and finally, if you want to be risky and late game use the bounty hunter, if not get the oppressor which i preferably use.

Build Explanation

First of all, the starting items are going to be a long sword and if there is a poke champion get health pots, if not, get a refillable potion, also get a ward. In the first back get boots of speed, a pink ward for vision and I recommend that you place that in the tri-bush near baron. It’s a great spot for pushing if you’re beating in lane, and if you’re in the red side because you can see incoming ganks and you can get away from a gank with your abilities and the boots that you’ve gotten. That means that you should not push when you haven’t got boots. When you’ve gotten a decent amount of gold, go back to base and get caulfield’s warhammer for the cdr and if you can, get the serrated dirk and then finish off the Black Cleaver.

Black Cleaver is a great item on Riven because of the movement speed after aa ing an enemy.
The ad and heath it gives is perfect for a first item. So we’re making a tanky riven that still has a lot of damage. If you are teamfighting often your next item should be the hydra and lonian boots of lucidity. If you 1v1 a lot more I would recommend the yoummus and death’s dance. After those items you should get a defensive item. The dead man’s plate for ad champions, guardian angel for a bit of mixed damage and the sterak’ s gage. Also a good item for ap champions is the maw of malmortius or the spirit visage and for ad champions you can also get the sunfire cape or titanic hydra.

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